Very many thanks for your kindness. I never saw any finer daffodils than those you sent and of as my brother told me they were raised from poor small buds, you are certainly a magician with flowers. The lettuce and eggs [??] too much appreciated, you remember last July when you brought my lily bulbs back, I was told to plant them and that in the spring you would treat the soil? I do not wish you to make a special trip up to Hamilton [??] if you mind as this [??] perhaps you [??] about them of the [??] up now.

Again thanking you
Sincerely yours,
Mary B. McQuesten

1 Matt Broman worked very closely with Thomas B. McQuesten on many of his projects in Hamilton and in Niagara. There is a plaque commemorating Matt Broman's work at the RBG near the Thomas B. McQuesten High Level Bridge. There is also a small lookout park named after him on the brow overlooking King's Forest Park in Hamilton. The series of letters beginning with "986" are all part of the Broman collection.

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